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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1890
Page
5
City swells with travelers and shoppers as railroad offices report record ticket sales and freight just as hotels and stores run at capacity. Officials from B and O, Pennsylvania, Cambria and other lines describe a boom with trains crowded, cars scarce, and business brisk across Pittsburg and neighboring towns.
Tomorrow's Dispatch previews Empress Eugenie and her English residence. Written by Colonel Prank A. Burr, the piece promises a vivid portrait of the exiled imperial figure and her household surroundings.
A person with access to signal boxes turned in a signal to run the middle cable yesterday causing delays along the Pittsburgh Traction Company line.
At a Board of Education committee meeting the High School faculty proposed waiving exams for pupils with monthly averages of 80 percent or higher, but no action was taken. The plan would mark those students excused from exams and use their recitation average as standing. Sheriff McCandless opposed the change, saying exams measure absorption and retention. The committee laid the matter over for one month.
William Flynn, jailed on the Bothwell homicide charge, maintained his innocence as investigators close in. A boy at the scene testified Flynn struck the victim with a knife, while police recovered the victim’s coat and vest showing multiple wounds. The slouch hat and bat tied to Flynn were seized, and an inquest was to open at eleven in the coroner’s office.
The Pennsylvania line from Walls station to Masside will shift to Masside as the new terminal this Sunday. The current curved main track remains for freight and eastbound through trains while new yards near Walle shift passenger service. The move reflects suburban growth and a planned depot northeast of Walls, with schedules unchanged despite Walls giving way to Masside.
Large crowds flock to the Carnegie Library Building with visitors mainly from smaller cities in the region registering daily. On Thursday 210 registered and nearly as many yesterday, while many arrive and depart throughout the day. Articles are returned to owners, reading rooms grow busier, and Robert Pyeatte of Allegheny donated six volumes of Marie-Brun geography. Librarian Stevenson is invited to join a proposed State Library Association.
Milton Meyers secretary and treasurer of the Hostetter Bitters Company in this city and Allegheny resident, is crippled for life after a five year hip ailment. He sought treatment in New York about ten years ago and recently fell ill at the Westminster Hotel, unable to rise. doctors say he must remain crippled and he will return home in a couple of days.
Pittsburgers return from the Union Veteran Legion encampment at Fort Wayne with Dr Seip named Surgeon and Colonel Danke as Chaplain in Chief. General Pearson spoke at the campfire and received a badge. Next meeting set for Reading. Wayne citizens hosted the veterans warmly.
Lee You appeals to the Humane Society for help after being jilted by Sadie Thompson a 17 year old Caucasian who chose Charlie Gong. He says she informs his countrymen she is his girl. Police have previously been unable to assist.
The note promotes buying holiday goods at Gallinger’s with locations at 1106 and 1200 Penn. It mentions a full line of manual instruments available at the outlets.
Inspector McAleese searches for Walter E. Platts, a painter who left his wife and two children near Altoona six weeks ago. The piece explores why husbands desert families, notes press outreach, and recounts anecdotal letters from spouses seeking missing mates.
A broad-shouldered man placed a tarantula on the cigar shop showcase in Quincy Robison's store last evening. The clerk and bystanders expressed fright as the venomous spider was identified and described as captured near Sheridan's market stand among bananas. The man claimed he killed it after it nearly bit a woman and boasted of his prize.
Coroner McDowell's docket reports Giovanne De Ciosi an Italian man struck and killed on the Lake Erie road at Shonse town yesterday. Smith Grant died at West Penn Hospital after three weeks illness, said to be from herb doctor treatment. A verdict of accidental death was returned for John W. Flaherty killed at Eliza furnaces.
Mike O'Toole, beaten during a melee at a McKeesport speak easy with Hungarians about two weeks ago, lies at Mercy Hospital in critical condition. Doctors report a fractured skull and grave risk of further complications.
The Presbyterian General Assembly Committee on the Revision of the Confession of Faith reports progress after reviewing the sixth chapter and revising the fourth section. A sub committee of six will shape details on God's decree and predestination with a report possible by Monday.
Health official says city is largely free of dangerous diseases though diphtheria has appeared in some areas. He urges quiet burials and limited contact with patients, praising press efforts to educate the public. A WEEK'S READING offers 20-page Dispatch tomorrow.
Luke Flannigan, a young man, was taken to Mercy Hospital last Thursday with delirium tremens and later developed erysipelas. His mother says he was knocked down and abused in a saloon last Saturday. He remains unconscious and in serious condition.
The article reports Charles Burns, a Black man shot by Charles Brown last week, is almost recovered and will be discharged from Mercy Hospital in a few days.
The notice lists several figures arriving or passing through Pittsburg and nearby. Richard Waring and family visit Oakland while Mrs Waring plans afternoon calls. George R. Blanchard notes Central Traffic growth on a Chicago limited trip. missionary Jamel Armitt reports Mormon membership reaching 1,000,000. Major McDowell and J A Reed are also noted visiting, with Oakler family arrivals from Europe.
The coroner was notified of the death of Henry Bowyer a colored infant of 7 weeks at 816 Main Street likely from convulsions. The Board of Viewers opened claims for damages from grading Alder Railroad Broad Twenty second streets and Garden alley as Public Works reports repaving over 40 streets this year. A Committee on Wooden Buildings meeting for Allegheny was called but lacked quorum.
A four story brick structure at 967 Liberty street owned by Mrs. Mary Sweitzer and tenant firms Rex Co and Dean & Niebaum burned from a cardboard cellar fire that forced two alarms and halted traffic. Firefighters endured dense fumes. Chief Evans and others sustained injuries as flames caused floors to collapse into the cellar. Losses near $8,000 with full insurance.
T M Lamb son of Dr B F Lamb of Oakland was arrested on a serious charge filed by his stepbrother Edward House and the brother of a girl named Winnie House about 16. Lamb says he is engaged to marry Winnie. The father knew nothing and Lamb is held for a hearing.
In Smithfield street a secretary and assistants for the Independent Republican organization report growing pressure as lists of Republican supporters pledge to back Pattison. A 300 name list, a 100 name list, and a further 200 names expected, sparking anxiety among old-line factions. A South American letter by Fannie B. Ward titled SCENES on Lake Titicaca appears in To Morrow's Dispatch.
Robert Norton a former Pittsburger who worked in the job printing business died in Chicago of consumption. E. D. Smith of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad learned of his death and plans were made for funeral attendance by Mr. and Mrs. Smith and E. M. Norton. Norton will be buried in Logansport Indiana.
Dico Chido, an Italian formerly on Tunnel Street, was brought to Mercy Hospital yesterday from Grantsville Maryland with several painful cuts. He was working for the Pennsylvania Gas Company when a on Monday night he got into a row with companions. The attackers were arrested in Maryland and Chido was shipped here for treatment. The injuries are not dangerous.
A parade of accidents leaves one 8 year old Polish boy dead after a Citizens' Traction car struck him as he clung to an apple wagon. The gripman was arrested. Others injured include a brakeman with a crushed hand on the Pennsylvania Railroad, a roof fall causing skull fracture, a watchman crushed between cars, a hot metal accident at Keystone Iron Works injuring a worker, and a young boy with a head wound from a wagon mishap on Wylie avenue. The coroner will hold an inquest.
H Kleber Bro announces an expo season sale offering a ten percent reduction on pianos organs banjos mandolins guitars brass horns sheet music and more during the Pittsburg Exposition at 506 Wood Street three doors above Fifth Avenue. Steinway Conover Gabler Opera Emerson Vocalion organs and Karhoff parlor guns are highlighted as available through the sole agents.
An array of advertisements for Hardy & Hayes promote natural gas cut glass and crystals three doors below City Hall and opposite Hotel Duquesne. Other notices tout boys’ suits at 290 dollars, 18 new styles at bargain prices, 500 French woven corsets, blankets, and the best $10 overcoats in America. The Dispatch teases Fashion’s pages with Shirley Dare styles and a large, varied clothing assortment at Rosenbaum & Co. with jackets priced from 3 to 12 dollars.
A list of subscribers including Woll Lane Co, Charles Lockhart, H K Porter, H Holaship, T H Given, and others shows a strong push for a large donation. Several names appear with affiliations to Rirapatron & Co and A M Brown on Phipps, while some subscribers have not yet responded, but overall prospects are very favorable.
Manufacturers have increased prices and advanced stock for the Fall season. The firm offers the entire line at opening-season prices, urging hotel keepers and others planning refurnishing to act now. Future lots are expected to rise by 15 to 25 percent.
Feature on suede mousquetaire gloves in tan plus 4 button real French kid gloves at $1 a pair with warranty. Also notes Suede Mousquetaire priced at $125 a pair and Shook Fowler Suede at $135. Includes fall and winter hosiery in wool and cashmere from Mitsas and others.
A window display showcases Men’s White Shirts and Star Laundried Shirts with prices from $1 to $3.25, plus Fall Dress Shirts with open front and back styles. The shop promotes daily growth, special order department, made to measure shifts, and emphasizes best workmanship, fastest service, and low prices.
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